I'm currently running a 32 Biocube.
Here is livestock:
1 Clownfish (going to be getting a female soon)
1 Snowflake Eel
Parameters:
Nitrates 34.6 PPM
PH 8.1
Phosphate: 0.49 PPM
I'm trying to get phosphates down to 0.003 at least. I've added a refugium recently so I think that'll help. I've had it for about 2 weeks. I'm hoping it'll lower the nutrients in a tank a bit.
From my own reflection of my tank, I think there are two areas where I think I can improve. One is quality of saltwater and the other is chemical filtration.
As for the quality of my saltwater, I'm going to try to go to a different LPS see if their saltwater is better this weekend. The old one I was going to had TDS over 90 which I don't think really is the type of quality of water I'm looking for. Worst case, I'll just use my own system of RODI.
My real question relates to chemical filtration though. So far, I'm using GFO (8 TBS) and ROX 0.8 (3.2 TBS). Is this enough? I was also thinking of using chemipure elite as well. Are other chemical filtration options that I can add that might lead to some success with lower my phosphates and nitrates?
Here is livestock:
1 Clownfish (going to be getting a female soon)
1 Snowflake Eel
Parameters:
Nitrates 34.6 PPM
PH 8.1
Phosphate: 0.49 PPM
I'm trying to get phosphates down to 0.003 at least. I've added a refugium recently so I think that'll help. I've had it for about 2 weeks. I'm hoping it'll lower the nutrients in a tank a bit.
From my own reflection of my tank, I think there are two areas where I think I can improve. One is quality of saltwater and the other is chemical filtration.
As for the quality of my saltwater, I'm going to try to go to a different LPS see if their saltwater is better this weekend. The old one I was going to had TDS over 90 which I don't think really is the type of quality of water I'm looking for. Worst case, I'll just use my own system of RODI.
My real question relates to chemical filtration though. So far, I'm using GFO (8 TBS) and ROX 0.8 (3.2 TBS). Is this enough? I was also thinking of using chemipure elite as well. Are other chemical filtration options that I can add that might lead to some success with lower my phosphates and nitrates?
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